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Dinosaur: "Hadrosaurus" cavatus
| Length*: | 9.2 m | 30.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 3 t | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Cope
Year: 1871
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: New Jersey
Formation: Navesink
Sources
Material: Four caudal vertebrae.
References: Prieto-Marquez, A., Weishampel, D.B., and Horner, J.R. (2006). "The dinosaur Hadrosaurus foulkii, from the Campanian of the East Coast of North America, with a reevaluation of the genus.".
